Observations on blood circulation in fish
Date
1 April 1689
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p24
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 394mm
width (page): 236mm
width (page): 236mm
Subject
Description
Six figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: imaginary hollow leaden tube, as a model for the blood circulation in fish
Fig. 2: detail of smaller vessels (five times enlarged)
Fig. 3: detail of vessels, once more five times enlarged (and this 25 times in comparison with fig. 1)
Fig. 4: vein with two branches cut off
Fig. 5: the passage from artery to vein
Fig. 6: blood vessel.
Fig. 1: imaginary hollow leaden tube, as a model for the blood circulation in fish
Fig. 2: detail of smaller vessels (five times enlarged)
Fig. 3: detail of vessels, once more five times enlarged (and this 25 times in comparison with fig. 1)
Fig. 4: vein with two branches cut off
Fig. 5: the passage from artery to vein
Fig. 6: blood vessel.
Object history
Letter and images was published in:
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Natuurs verborgentheden ontdekt, zijnde een tweede vervolg der brieven (Delft: A. Voorstad, 1689), pp. 324-50.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 207-28.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Natuurs verborgentheden ontdekt, zijnde een tweede vervolg der brieven (Delft: A. Voorstad, 1689), pp. 324-50.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 207-28.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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